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Residents in Epsom and Ewell can pay to have planning applications decided faster as part of a new council service.
Nottingham councillors have given the green light to what will be the first new crossing built over the River Trent in the city in more than 60 years.
Around £6m in funding promised to local authorities to help tackle air pollution will be withheld, a government spokesperson has confirmed.
The Government has given Hammersmith and Fulham council nearly £3m to provide a new cycle lane on Hammersmith Bridge but funding for a £250m permanent repair appears to have stalled.
Local authorities in the North and Midlands will be closely scrutinised over their plans to spend cash from the £4.7bn Local Transport Fund announced last autumn, the Government has said.
Parliament’s spending watchdog has found that ‘astonishing’ delays and blind optimism have blunted the impact of levelling up projects.
The revamped University Station in Birmingham is now fully open following a complex three-year construction process where the existing station remained operational throughout.
Labour will not re-instate plans to take HS2 beyond Birmingham if it comes to power, Keir Starmer has said, as the fallout from the decision to truncate the line continues.
The Government has announced what it called a ‘multi-billion-pound funding boost’ for the TransPennine route upgrade (TRU), but the announcement leaves confirmed cash for the programme short of the £9bn budget pledged by the transport secretary last year.
“ Sara Ulrich, a resilience and wargaming expert at PA Consulting, asks why so many are waiting for fresh disruption before they act to build always-on resilience. ”
West Yorkshire mayor Tracy Brabin is due to announce on Thursday whether the combined authority that she leads will take forward proposals for bus franchising, but bus operators have poured resources into promoting their preferred option.
Jodi Savickas and Rachel Hiorns, placemaking and sustainable transport specialists at AtkinsRéalis, argue that there is a way forward for low traffic neighbourhoods, but that community buy-in will be crucial for schemes to work.
Dominic Browne considers whether the 'Beeching of the ticket offices' plan can proceed after the public backlash.
